Rumford resident charged with leaving scene of crash

MEXICO, Maine — A Rumford man is charged with leaving the scene of a crash on Swift River Road early Sunday morning, according to Lt. Roy Hodsdon of the Mexico Police Department.

Matthew Lloyd, 22, of Rumford was charged Sunday morning and given a date of Nov. 5 to appear in 11th District Court in Rumford.

Hodsdon said a Swift River Road resident reported at 2:58 a.m. Sunday that she heard the sound of tires squealing outside of her house.

“Upon arriving, the officers found a 2000 Volkswagen passenger car abandoned in the lawn of a Swift River Road resident,” Hodsdon said. “The car seemed to have gone off the road, where it hit a road sign, then came up over a bank onto the resident’s lawn and hit a cluster of three white birch trees.”

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Hodsdon said Lloyd reported the accident several hours after the car was discovered.